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Innkeepers Celebrate First Year North Portland bed and breakfast may be first o f its kind in Oregon. See story in Metro section, inside. "The City Of Roses" Volume XXXII Number 23 4 Committed to Cultural Diversity Established in 1970 www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday June 12,2002 Hyperactivity Study Crosses Cultures OHSU research considers ethnicity in condition affecting youth Bush Hitting the Road W A SH IN G TO N — President Bush is mixing dom estic security and politics w ith a visit to M issouri. H e’ll pitch his p ro p o se d h o m elan d se c u rity agency at a w ater treatm ent plant in Kansas City before headlining a fund raiser for R epublican senatorial can didate Jim Talent. Ann Beckett works to open the health care system to more African Americans in a cross-cultural study about the impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on kids. Final Piece of Pentagon Facade Dedicated , W ASHINGTON— Workers fitted the final piece of limestone facade into the rebuilt section o f the Pentagon. The blackened stone was part o f the origi- nal facade damaged during the Sept. 11 attack on the militaiy headquarters that killed 189 people. PHOTO BY D avid P lechl / T he P ortland O bserver Mob Boss John Gotti Dead NEW Y O RK — John Gotti, who swag gered, schemed and murdered his way to the pinnacle o f organized crime in America only to be toppled by secret tapes and a turncoat’s testimony, died at a prison hospital. He was 61. Afghans Optimistic Assembly Will End the Chaos K ABUL, A fghanistan — The grand council— or loya jir g a — will choose a governm ent to run the country for the next 18 m onths. T here is an al m ost reckless sense o f optim ism that the U .N .-backed assem bly will en able the nation to get the things it needs. by D avid P lechl T he P ortland O bserver Researchers at Oregon Health Sciences University are conducting a cross-cul tural analysis o f families affected by At tention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a serious and debilitating mental illness affecting kids. The study by the OHSU School of Nursing is unique in that it will consider equal numbers of children from black, white and Latino families; 1 SO in all. It is widely known that ADHD crosses gender lines, cultural lines, and ethnic lines. However, less is known about m i nority access to information, treatment and services to help battle the illness. Ann Beckett, an African American, is one of the study’s primary investigators and consultants. She has worked with at risk youth in the inner cities and after Space Station Gets Shields receiving her doctorate degree from OHSU. Beckett said it is important to have a black researcher doing work with African American families. continued on page B2 , Murder Suspect Pleads Not Guilty CAPE CA N A V ER A L— Tw o space w alking astronauts ventured outside and hung a giant handgrip and cos m ic-debris shields on the Interna tional Space Station. It was the first o f three spacew alks planned during E ndeavour’s w eeklong visit to the station. U.S. Links Kuwaiti to WTC Attacks W A S H IN G T O N — U .S . counterterrorism officials are focus ing on a K uw aiti lieutenant o f Osama bin Laden w ith links to the 1993 W orld T rade C enter bom bing as a key architect o f the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. Bus Blast Kills 16 In Israel JERUSALEM — A powerful car bomb exploded next to a bus, engulfing it in flames during the morning rush hour. At least 16 people w ere killed and dozens injured, police and rescue w orkers said. Israel quickly m oved forces into nearby Jenin, a town o f ten used as a terrorist staging area. India Considers Joint Border Monitoring NEW D ELH I, India — Indian Prime M inister A tal Bihari V ajpayee said that India w ould consider jo in tly m onitoring the disputed K ashm ir border w ith its longtim e rival Paki stan. Such a m ove may be a m ajor step to ease tensions betw een the nuclear-arm ed neighbors. A North Portland Show Stopper Area residents and visitors to Peninsula Park at North Ainsworth and Albina are dazzled by the brilliant colors of the city's largest rose garden in full bloom. Oregon Lawmakers Meet Third Time Under Duress Consensus on plugging Oregon's state budget deficit remains elusive (A P)— Lawmakers bracing for a spe cial session starting Wednesday are un der duress from the governor and from anti-tax interests as they wrestle with an $880 million budget shortfall. Gov. John Kitzhaber on Monday called the session although lawmakers hadn’t reached an accord on how to plug the budget hole w ithout further cuts to schools and social services. Kitzhaber said timing is important be cause a cigarette tax increase needs to be passed by Friday to maximize revenue from that step. 1 Legislators of both parties generally are supporting raising the cigarette tax. But the Oregon Republican Party has turned up heat of its own by erecting roadside signs urging legislators to reject tax increases. In another developm ent M onday, Kitzhaber officially unposed ahiring freeze for agency positions financed with gen eral funds. “It formalizes stuff w e’ve done ear lie r ,” K itz h a b e r spo k esm an Bob Applegate said. K itzhaber also barred out-of-state A travel that would spend general funds, which makes up about one-third of the total state budget. K itzhaber’s budget-balancing plan is centered on a three-year income tax in crease. He also proposed a 50-cent per pack cigarette tax increase. Lawmakers are considering a plan first advanced by H ouse Speaker Mark Simmons, R-Elgin, that includes a 75-cent cigarette tax boost but no income tax hike. The minority Democrats dislike added budget cuts, on top of $450 million slashed in earlier this year. Ladon Andre Stephens The man accused o f killing a 14- year-old northeast Portland girl and of raping four other teen-aged girls in the c ity 's north and northeast neighborhoods has pleaded inno cent to the charges. Ladon Andre Stephens, 33, en tered the not guilty plea during his arraignm ent M onday. Stephens is charged with m ul tiple counts o f m urder, attem pted murder, sodom y, rape, kidnap, bur glary and assault. Police and prosecutors say DNA evidence linked Stephens tothe mur- d e ro f M elissa Bittler. Investigators continue looking into other u n solved cases involving sexual a t tacks in the Portland area. Bittler’s body was found in the back yard of a n eighbor's home last December. t
